HANNAH KNAPP, COFOUNDER
Hannah has been meditating since 2012, when she dove in head-first with a 10-day Vipassana retreat. It was during that retreat that she realized she was ready for the adventure of pregnancy and parenting. Coming out of that experience, she knew she needed a community to practice with: there was just nothing like meditating with other people. Her passion for sharing the power of mindfulness has led her to launch (and lead) group meditations wherever she’s worked, and to start WITHIN Meditation.
Through mindfulness, she’s developed a deep resilience, focus, and capacity to love that she draws on every day, both as the mom of two young children and as a start-up founder. She’s delighted to be leading meditation sessions in our online studio and in companies throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and across the country, while building an amazing team of teachers at WITHIN.
TESSA JONSON, MARKETING MANAGER
As WITHIN’s Marketing Manager, Tessa helps us build a brand that stands out in online communities through content, partnerships, and engagement.
As well as a yoga and meditation teacher, Tessa is also a graphic designer. Specializing in brand identity and marketing, she helps conscious companies find their voice, develop their visual aesthetic, and share their message with their ideal clients. She loves developing meaningful relationships with the people behind the businesses to better understand their needs and to help them reach their goals!
TASHA BROWN, SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER
As WITHIN's Special Projects Manager, Tasha takes on different responsibilities depending on our company's needs such as managing our Youtube channel, cultivating the relationship between WITHIN, our current students, and our prospective students and more.
Tasha came to her meditation practice seeking tools to manage anxiety that developed as a result of a number of chronic health issues. Not only did she find ways to recalibrate her nervous system but, to her surprise, she also found a practice that made her aware of and changed her relationship to negative thought patterns, supported a presence to savor all of life's joys, gave her a capacity to respond to difficult emotions more wisely and opened her heart towards compassion for herself and others.
The profound healing and awakening she has experienced led Tasha to do Tara Brach & Jack Kornfield's Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program (MMTCP) with the Awareness Training Institute and the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California at Berkeley. Tasha also has a Master's in International Education and a certificate in Sustainability Leadership and Implementation that helps to inform her position at WITHIN as she works to support our students, teachers, and cofounders.
MEGAN PARKER, COFOUNDER
Megan found her way to the magic of meditation through her love of yoga. Yoga saved her life, but meditation truly changed it. As she transitioned out of her fast-paced tech job, moved from West Coast to East Coast and back again, she began turning to a silent meditation practice. Her anxiety was too much to handle, and she was finding herself unfulfilled in most areas of her life. Suddenly she was asking herself, "How did I get here?" Self care, personal development and overall well-being became her top priority. She learned to foster a meditation practice that brings her deep gratitude, joy and ownership over her life. Now, she's passionate about bringing a greater sense of well-being and belonging to the communities she's a part of.